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Senator Demands Domain Registrars Address Russian Influence Operations During 2024 Election

October 25, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has issued a demand to several of the top American internet domain registrars to clamp down on the abuse of their services by Russian disinformation actors who he alleged are attempting to interfere with and influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Warner sent a letter earlier in October to several well-known companies in the web domain registering and hosting … [Read more...]

Pressure on ICANN to Reject Controversial “.ORG” Registry Sale to For-Profit Succeeds

May 5, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

LOS ANGELES, CA – On Thursday, April 30, ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, based in Los Angeles, CA, made a tough decision to protect the global non-profit community, by rejecting a controversial deal announced in November 2019, that PIR, Public Interest Registry, a non-profit company which owns and manages the rights to the registry for ‘.org’ domain names, would be sold and ultimately converted to a for-profit entity owned by Ethos Capital. … [Read more...]

Wyden: “I Will Explore Every Avenue To Ensure Users, Nonprofits Are Protected”

January 12, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL - In the ongoing debacle which has highlighted ICANN's unusual position on the .org registry sale which resulted in the billion-dollar sale of .org to a private equity company, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) told The Register that the response from Ethos Capital to his and several of his colleges concerns regarding the sale .org - just isn't good enough. ....nothing in this response addresses my concerns that selling .org to a private equity firm would be a … [Read more...]

Laundry List of Questions on .ORG Sale Delivered by Congress to Ethos, IS, PIR

December 26, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

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PALM BEACH, FL – A letter signed off by four U.S representatives, one of which is presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, was delivered to Ethos Capital, Internet Society and Public Interest Registry posing a long list of questions regarding the future operation of the .org domain registry. Among these questions, is what guarantee will be provided that the registry will not be relocated outside of the United States, which could put the domain name, widely used for U.S. … [Read more...]

Not Good: Seems Now, Not “Trump” or Even “Russia”, But “Google” is Meddling in Election

June 24, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH - Unless you have been living under a rock for the last two years, you're likely very much aware that American's have been absolutely inundated with 24/7 news cycles surrounding the "Collusion Delusion" and Donald Trump's alleged and now debunked 'meddling', "interference", and then "obstruction", all related with the Russians and the 2016 election. While there has been near limitless talk about what Trump refers to as an illegal Witch Hunt, and the Greatest … [Read more...]

Today’s ‘Successful’ Business Owners Become Experts at Doing More with Less

February 10, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK, NY – At a time when the economy is said to be continually improving, if you ask around to fellow business owners, most seem to be in a never ending phase of finding ways to efficiently cut costs and reduce expenses. In fact, this is a good practice for any business owner to keep top-of-mind, annually, or even monthly. To do this effectively, you must identify ways to implement change with minimal effect on production, products and service quality. The changes … [Read more...]

The Birth of ICANN: “The Green Paper”

April 12, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK - In 1997, the United States government under then President Clinton began processes to remove its control over the Domain Name System by creating research and dialog on how control of domain names and IP addresses should be handled in the future - by a non-profit organization in the private sector. This resulted in a document which has become known as "The Green Paper" originally named "A Proposal to Improve the Technical Management of Internet Names and … [Read more...]

Battle to Take-down Backpage.com Ends in Seizure, Criminal Indictments of Ownership

April 7, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – A long-time battle to remove Backpage.com from the Internet has ended with the indictments of ownership and government seizure of its domain Backpage.com, which hosted a popular online classifieds site similar to Craigslist which allegedly was used heavily by escorts and massage providers far-bending the envelope between casual encounters, prostitution and human trafficking, according to investigators. Since 2010, Backpage.com has come under fire for its alleged … [Read more...]

15 Minute Hot Seat with Mark Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Breach

March 22, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – Yesterday, March 21, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, sat with CNN Money’s Laurie Segall in a candid, and what appeared to be a difficult interview to answer tough questions on Facebook’s position in regard not only to the recent leaks related to the user privacy breach caused by Cambridge Analytica, but also its position on whether or not it’s platform has been used to influence past elections and what the company is doing to avoid this type of … [Read more...]

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